New York City Congressman Ritchie Torres has called on the city to stop treating the Bronx like “a dumping ground” for shelters, as it prepares to move thousands of migrant men there from the troubled Randall’s Island tent city.
BLOCKING OUT THE HATERS: Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres is blocking Gov. Kathy Hochul’s staffers on X as he mounts a likely bid to run against her next year.
Gov. Kathy Hochul ducked any mention of a clamored-for ban on wearing masks in public during her State of the State Tuesday — a notable omission that drew condemnation from a potential election rival.
Liberal staffers are demanding Congress establish a rotating 32-hour workweek that goes into effect when lawmakers work from their districts, drawing widespread mockery from critics.
N.Y., wrote to Gov. Kathy Hochul saying “masking easily enables criminals to harass, intimidate, and commit violence against innocent New Yorkers — all while remaining
The Governor would never tolerate an open-air drug market outside of the governor’s mansion,” the Democratic Bronx pol wrote in a letter to Kathy Hochul.
After New York Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for a 2,000-bed migrant shelter in the Bronx, Rep. Ritchie Torres slammed the decision, accusing Adams of creating an immigrant “dumping ground."
Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) called on officials to permanently dismantle the open air drug market in the South Bronx during a press conference on Monday.
Used syringes and needles lay uncapped, littered throughout a one-block stretch of the South Bronx that serves as a haven for drug dealers and users alike.
World leaders commended the U.S. and other mediators for facilitating an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal on Wednesday, marking a likely end to the war.
Bronx leaders are asking New York City and the state to crack down on what they're calling "open-air drug markets."
ALBANY, N.Y. (TNND) — Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., on Tuesday made an urgent appeal for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to reinstate a ban on face masks, pointing to "sympathizers" of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) while doing so.